GPT-6 Sol (High) vs Kimi K3 (Max)

Which is better for the money: GPT-6 Sol (High) by OpenAI or Kimi K3 (Max) by Kimi? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-6 Sol (High)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 42.40
Total cost: $605

KimiKimi K3 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 43.60
Total cost: $3658

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Kimi K3 (Max) scores 1.2 points higher (43.6 vs 42.4) but costs 6.1× as much to run the benchmark ($3658 vs $605; flagship vs premium cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Kimi K3 (Max) when you need intelligence above 42.4, and GPT-6 Sol (High) when 42.4 is enough.

Metric	GPT-6 Sol (High)	Kimi K3 (Max)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	42.4	43.6	+2.8% Kimi K3 (Max) is 2.8% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$604.52	$3,658.07	+505.1% Kimi K3 (Max) is 6.1× more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	14.09s	58.57s	+315.7% Kimi K3 (Max) is 315.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$3.00 / $15.0
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image

Kimi K3 (Max) vs GPT-6 Sol (High): 2.8% more intelligence, 505.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 315.7% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-6 Sol (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
Kimi K3 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 55.10 for $3117.

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